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A look at who's climbing the credit union ladder

February 1, 2018 4:06 PM

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Credit Union of America promotes six executives, plus a host of promotions and new hires at Veridian, VolCorp, Security Service, Park View, NAFCU and more.

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Ernest Warren, CU of America

Credit Union of America, Wichita, Kan., promoted Ernest Warren to senior vice president-chief lending officer.

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Eileen Phelps, CU of America

Credit Union of America, Wichita, Kan., promoted Eileen Phelps to senior vice president-chief operations officer.

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Tim Dunham, CU of America

Credit Union of America, Wichita, Kan., promoted Tim Dunham to assistant vice president of consumer loan operations.

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Paul Meissner, CU of America

Credit Union of America, Wichita, Kan., promoted Paul Meissner to chief financial officer and risk/compliance officer.

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Matt Schenk, CU of America

Credit Union of America, Wichita, Kan., promoted Matt Schenk to assistant vice president of information technology.

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Glenda Burkett, CU of America

Credit Union of America, Wichita, Kan., promoted Glenda Burkett to corporate giving, communications, and marketing compliance director.

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Wade Stapleton, Volunteer Corporate CU

Volunteer Corporate Credit Union, Nashville, Tenn., named Wade Stapleton as vice president marketing/innovation.

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Robin Kelly, SAFE FCU

SAFE Federal Credit Union, Sumter, S.C., promoted Robin Kelly to director of compliance.

Chad Adams, director of political affairs at the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions

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Chad Adams, NAFCU

The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions promoted Chad Adams to director of political affairs.

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Wende Preston, Security Service FCU

Security Service Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, Texas, named Wende Preston as assistant vice president of fraud strategy and operations for risk management.

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Nichole James, Veridian CU

Veridian Credit Union, Waterloo, Iowa, hired Nichole James as a mortgage originator.

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Brad Arehart, Park View FCU

Park View Federal Credit Union, Harrisonburg, Va., named Brad Arehart as senior mortgage loan advisor.

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Tara Kochansky, TwoScore

TwoScore named Tara Kochansky as client experience manager.

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